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Nettie’s Secret

By: Dilly Court
Narrated by: Annie Aldington
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Summary

The new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author.

Taking one last look around her attic room in Covent Garden Nettie knows there is no turning back, they must run for their lives…

London, 1875. Thanks to her hapless father, Nettie Carroll has had to grow up quickly. While Nettie is sewing night and day to keep food on the table, her gullible father has trusted the wrong man again. Left with virtually nothing but the clothes they stand up in, he’s convinced that their only hope lies across the English Channel in France.

Nettie has little but her dreams left to lose. Even far from home trouble follows them, with their enemies quietly drawing closer. But Nettie has a secret, and it’s one with the power to save them.

Can she find the courage to trust in herself and pave the way for a brighter future?

©2019 Dilly Court (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
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Nettie,a secret

Brilliant. Thoroughly enjoyed this book. So easy to listen to. Dilly court is a great story teller.

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Brilliant!!!

Another great book from Dilly Court. What great escapism.
The story is a great listen.
Also love Annie Aldington’s voice she tells it well.
Look forward to the next one.

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Enjoyable read as with all Dilly Courts books.

Loved it all the way through, great story. voices helped with the story really well.

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Amazing story

Another fantastic book by silly court and as always beautifully read by Annie Aldington who as always bought every character to life

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Fabulous

What a lovely story. kept me entertained all the way through. Annie Aldington was brilliant as always. How she does all those voices is beyond me, the are all so believable.

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Loved it!

Another great book from Dilly Court. Couldn’t stop listening. Loved the story and characters. Would recommend this book.

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Fabulous dynamic duo Dilly Court & Annie Aldington

I have loved all Dilly Courts books and was really looking forward to her latest release; it didn’t fail to please and is another wonderful cosy read with a little continental flavour. The brilliant Annie Aldington provides an excellent narration and a fluent delivery as she moves wonderfully between the characters.

In typical Dilly Court style the book begins in London in the year 1875, the heroine Nettie Collins and her father Robert, a slightly eccentric artist are living hand to mouth in Covent Garden. Rather naïvely Robert was duped into painting what he believed to be legitimate copies of the old masters. Duke, the villain of the story then sold the paintings as original masterpieces, pocketing large sums of money and paying Robert a pittance. Once the police become involved Nettie and her father are forced to flee and leave abruptly without Nettie having a chance to say her farewells. As they begin their journey to a new life Nettie is surprised when they are joined by Byron one of her friends, Byron is clearly sweet on Nettie but she seems to be unaware of his feelings.

Quite quickly we are introduced to multiple characters but Dilly Court provides a great introduction to all of them, so there is no confusion in trying to work out who is who. As the characters travel through their various journeys across several countries there are multiple potential love interests. These are intertwined amongst an intriguing plot to save the virtue of one of the female characters from the clutches of the villain and prove the integrity of Nettie's father.

In typical Dilly style this is an uncomplicated heartening read; it is story of never giving up hope, true friendship and determination, overcoming adversity and very much about caring for others. It's an easy read and had an interesting twist at the end. I loved it and would love to see a sequel and find out what happened to all the characters.


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Great story

As always another great story from Dilly Court. I just love the female characters and the tenacity they have.

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Wonderful

Another lovely story by DIlly Court and read brilliantly by Annie Aldington as usual. I can certainly recommend this story which ended happily for Netty and her father, also not forgetting Constance and the little orphan girl.

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fantastic read,

brilliant storyline lots of unexpected twist and turns, well worth a read, and happy ending

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